In-Space Infrastructure
Subsegment
Company scale
Logistics & mobility
501
AstroForgeCommercial startup developing low-cost spacecraft for asteroid prospecting and mining of platinum-group metals and critical minerals from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.
Develops and operates spacecraft for deep-space asteroid prospecting and mining missions1 · Industry leader02CNESFrench national space agency (government entity, not commercial company)
Government space agency1 · Industry leader03D-OrbitItalian space-logistics company operating ION Satellite Carrier vehicles for orbital transport and payload deployment.
In-space transportation and satellite-logistics provider.1 · Industry leader04LauncherU.S. commercial-space company founded in 2017 and acquired by Vast in February 2023. Launcher now focuses on the LOX/kerosene oxidizer-rich staged-combustion E-2 engine as a product for launch-vehicle companies; its former Orbiter and Launcher Light programs were internalized into Vast's post-acquisition planning.
Developer of the E-2 liquid rocket engine; formerly developer/operator of the Orbiter orbital-transfer vehicle and hosted-payload platform.1 · Industry leader05Portal Space SystemsDevelops a highly maneuverable spacecraft platform intended for responsive on-orbit missions.
High-mobility spacecraft1 · Industry leader